Christmas Jumper Day (13th Dec): Make the world better with a sweater

Save the Children are doing something fantastic for Christmas; not only are they trying to make the world better as always, they are getting more and more people to don their Christmas jumpers and make a right royal fool of themselves…can’t be a bad thing, right? Even Bruno from Strictly is getting in on the act…

What is Christmas Jumper Day (Friday 13th December)?

All you need to do is wear your Christmas Jumper for the day, and donate £1 or more to the Save the Children cause at www.christmasjumperday.org Jumpers are available if you don’t have your own, and most importantly £25 for every jumper in the Save the Children range at John Lewis goes to the charity as well.

What’s this about World Records?

Even better than this though, Save the Children are teaming up with Arlene Philips to try and break a world record for the most people in Christmas Jumpers all gathered together in the same place:

“Help Save the Children to make history by donning your Christmas jumper and joining them at Westfield London on Friday 13^thDecember – sign up to take part at www.christmasjumperday.org/worldrecord and don’t forget to donate your £1 to Save the Children at www.christmasjumperday.org. Only pre-registered participants will be given access to the area on the day. Once registered you will receive a confirmation email with all the necessary details required to take part on the day.”

I know it is late in the day, but why not pop along and check it out.

How else can we help?

There are other ways that you can help as well:

Donate by text; You can donate by texting TEAMTHINLYS to 70050
Donate online; as detailed above
Donate straight to the fund by TEXTING WOOLLY to 70050 to donate £1; you will be billed £1 plus your standard rate, with at least 0.99p going to Save the Children
If you are at home, then join in the Bloggers Twitter Party along with the wonderful blogging networks on Friday this week from 1-2pm. There is going to be a bit turn out with Tots100, MumsNet Blogger Network, NetMums Bloggers, BritMums, Blogs Up North and Love All Blogs all agreeing to come together to help out, thanks in particular to the efforts of both Save the Children and the lovely Thinly Spread. If you do attend, don’t forget to share an Xmas selfie of you in your scrummy jumper with everyone. No crumbs on the jumpers of course ;-) I shall be there, and I will definitely have a jumper as well. I am not posting it yet though, hubby has bought one for me as a surprise *ooh*

For more details

Please pop on over to www.christmasjumperday.org.uk
Twitter – @savechildrenuk #xmasjumperday is the hashtag that you need to look out for
Facebook – www.facebook.com/ChristmasJumperDay

For other blogger posts on this topic, do check out the linky below :-D

What are you waiting for – get the jumper on, and get the world fitter with a knitter *sorry – couldn’t think of a better pun, it is nearly 11pm you know…*

Helen Neale

Helen is a mum to two, social media consultant, website editor and a qualified counsellor with experience of working with both children and adults.She is a registered member of the British Association of Counselling and Psychotherapists, with her own private practise. She also freelances with her local Mind organisation.Since giving up being a business analyst when juggling travel, work and kids proved too complicated, she founded KiddyCharts so she could be with her kids, use those grey cells at the same time, and supplement her counselling income.KiddyCharts has reach of over 680k across socials and the site. The site works with big family brands to help promote their services, as well as offering free resources to parents of kids under 10. She is a specialist counsellor for neurodivergent individuals and brings this expertise to her resources and the site. She is also an ADHDer herself.KiddyCharts gives 51%+ profits to charities, focused on supporting mental health and a community in TanzaniaHelen has also worked as a digital marketing consultant (IDM qualified) with various organisations, including Channel Mum, Truprint, Talk to Mums, and Micro Scooters. She loves to be creative in the brand campaigns she works on.Get in touch TODAY!